All ODU theses and dissertations since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles to 1976 of dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research by College, Department, Center page.
At some point, backfiles for all master's theses will be scanned and added. In the meantime, consult the library guide for "Dissertations & Theses" to find older items in print.
See the Graduate School site for information on submitting your ETD.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Dissertation: Robust Algorithms for Estimating Vehicle Movement from Motion Sensors Within Smartphones, Ilyas Ustun
Thesis: Associations Between Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, and Falls Risk in Healthy Older Individuals, Christopher Deane Vaughan
Dissertation: What Can State Talk Tell Us About Punitiveness? A Comparison of Responses to Political Mass Shootings in The United States and Norway, Kimberlee G. Waggoner
Thesis: An Optimized Multiple Right-Hand Side Dslash Kernel for Intel Xeon Phi, Aaron Walden
Dissertation: Towards Aggregating Time-Discounted Information in Sensor Networks, Xianping Wang
Dissertation: Do Trait Positive and Trait Negative Affect Predict Progress and Discharge Outcomes in an Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Population, Valerie Dominique Ward
Dissertation: Perceived Transformational Teacher Leadership and Students’ Motivation, Academic Performance, and Intent to Persist in STEM Education at a Community College, Stacy Lynn Waters-Bailey
Thesis: Media Literacy Definitions, R. M. Wenner
Dissertation: Selfish Mutations: the Genetic Basis of the Paternal Age Effect, Eoin C. Whelan
Dissertation: Body Image and Quality of Life Among Postsurgical Bariatric Patients, Amy Leigh White
Thesis: In the Blooming Red, Elaine White
Dissertation: The Marine Cyanate Cycle, Brittany Widner
Dissertation: Life After an Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis: A Comparison of Stress and Coping Profiles of African American and Caucasian Caregivers, Takeshia Williams
Dissertation: The Experiences of Stakeholders in District-University Administrator Preparation Partnerships, Jacob McKinley Wilson III
Thesis: Education and Post-Release Employment: An Exploratory Study of Offender Perceptions, Frank R. Wood Jr.
Thesis: The Secret Society of Fish-Gazers, Hannah Woodlan
Thesis: Thermo-Mechanical System Identification of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Mechanism, Cody Alexander Wright
Thesis: Investigating the Relationship Between Latent Driving Patterns and Traffic Safety Using Smartphone-Based Mobile Sensor Data, Kenneth Wynne
Dissertation: Anti-Predator Responses of Squid Throughout Ontogeny, Carly Anne York
Dissertation: Constrained-Energy Cross-Well Actuation of Bistable Structures, Masoud Zarepoor
Dissertation: Region-Based Approach for Single Image Super-Resolution, Min Zhang
Dissertation: A Computational Framework for Learning from Complex Data: Formulations, Algorithms, and Applications, Wenlu Zhang
Thesis: Global Sensitivity Analysis of Mat Foundation Behavior by Using Finite Element Modeling, Yang Zhao
Dissertation: Two Essays on Short Selling, Zhaobo Zhu
Dissertation: Buying Love Through Social Media: How Different Types Of Incentives Impact Consumers’ Online Sharing Behavior, Yueming Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Flight Dynamics Nonlinearity Assessment Across a New Aerodynamic Attitude Flight Envelope, Ayman Muhammad Abdallah
Thesis: Blue Carbon in Freshwater / Brackish Marshes on the Barrier Islands of Virginia Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Carbon Pools, Emily Caitlin Adams
Dissertation: An Approach for the Development of Complex Systems Archetypes, Walter Lee Akers
Dissertation: Meta-RaPS Hybridization with Machine Learning Algorithms, Fatemah Al-Duoli
Thesis: Experimental and Predicted Behavior of FRP Beam-Columns Including Retrofitting, Ali Al-Huazy
Thesis: Analyzing Driver Behavior and Traffic Flow Breakdowns at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Michelle L. Allen
Thesis: Source Localization in Cognitive Radio Networks, Giancarlo Almodovar
Dissertation: The Effects of Encoding Strategy Training on Foreign Language Learning, Olla Najah Al-Shalchi
Dissertation: Diabetes Status, Predisposing, Enabling, and Oral Health Illness Level Variables as Predictors of Preventive and Emergency Dental Service Use, Sabha Alshatrat
Thesis: Behavior and Strength of Pultruded FRP I-Section Columns Including Uniaxial and Biaxial Bending, Emad M. Amin
Dissertation: The Effects of Mental Models and Expertise on Running Memory and Clinical Handoff Effectiveness, Brittany Lee Anderson-Montoya
Thesis: An Evaluation of Game Fiction-Enhanced Training: Using Narrative to Improve Trainee Reactions and Learning, Michael Beaumont Armstrong
Dissertation: High Efficiency Ultrathin CIGS Solar Cells, Krishna Prasad Aryal
Thesis: Comparing Implicit and Explicit Measures of Sex Guilt in Predicting Sexual Behavior, Delaram Asadzadeh Totonchi
Thesis: Categorizing Fetal Heart Rate Variability with and without Visual Aids, Amanda Jane Ashdown
Thesis: Techno-Economic Analysis of Protein Concentrate Produced by Flash Hydrolysis of Microalgae, Alexander Nana Yaw Asiedu
Dissertation: Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Strategies Using Children's Literature in the Urban Multicultural Preschool: Examining Teachers' Language Dialect Beliefs and Practices, Nicole Victoria Bailey Austin
Dissertation: Toward a Theory of Multi-Method Modeling and Simulation Approach, Mariusz A. Balaban
Dissertation: The Effects of Propofol, Sodium Pentobarbital, and Ketamine Hydrochloride on In Vitro Mouse Embryonic Development, Tyler C. Balak
Dissertation: Experiences Affecting Associate Degree in Nursing Program Graduates’ Decisions to Pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, David P. Bartos
Dissertation: Perch Selection by Male Dragonflies (Odonata, Anisoptera) Related to Competitive Ability and Species Composition, Jessica L. Beard
Dissertation: Socioeconomic Status and Study Abroad: Participation, Academic Performance, and Graduation, Steven Douglas Bell
Dissertation: Multimodal Composing Across Disciplines: Examining Community College Professors’ Perceptions of Twenty-First Century Literacy Practices, Elizabeth Bensen
Thesis: Life Cycle Assessment Using Argonne GREET Model of Algae Based Biofuels Produced Using Flash Hydrolysis Process, Andrew P. Bessette
Dissertation: Efficient Algorithms for Prokaryotic Whole Genome Assembly and Finishing, Abhishek Biswas
Dissertation: Community, Identity, and Transition: Student Veterans and Academic Writing at the Two-Year College, Mark Edward Blaauw-Hara
Thesis: A Modified Rank Ordered Logit Model to Analyze Injury Severity of Occupants in Multi-Vehicle Crashes, Shelley Bogue
Thesis: Doppler Shifted Internal Waves in a Shallow Water Region, William D. Boll
Dissertation: Moderating Effects of Coping Self-Efficacy and Coping Diversity in the Stress Health Relationship in African American College Students, Carol Frances Bonner
Dissertation: Influence of Learner Factors on Soldier Attitude Toward Army Serious Gaming, Mitchell L. Bonnett
Dissertation: The Change Process and Sustainability: The Experience of School Administrators, Heidi R. Brezinski
Dissertation: Resiliency of Community College Students with Adverse Childhood Experiences, Laura Elizabeth Brogden
Dissertation: Examining the Measurement Invariance of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Internalizing Specific Problem Scales in African- American and Caucasian Men, Megan Anne Brokenbourgh
Dissertation: Factors Associated with Family Counseling Practices: The Effects of Training, Experience, and Multicultural Counseling Competence, Amanda A. Brookshear
Dissertation: Does Teacher Behavior Change in Middle School Math Classes When Teachers Receive Instructional Coaching Using Bug-In-Ear Technology?, Ellen L. Browning
Thesis: The Behavioral Causes of Reproductive Skew in Cooperatively Polygynandrous Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes Formicivorus), Anna C. Brownson
Dissertation: Employee Behavioral Intention and Technology Use: Mediating Processes and Individual Difference Moderators, Robert Conrad Brusso
Dissertation: Three Essays on Dividend Policy, Mehmet Deren Caliskan
Dissertation: Armed Humanitarian Intervention: The Role of Powerful Leaders in Framing and the National Security Decision Making Process, John Marshall Callahan
Dissertation: Management and Leadership Style: Is Style Influenced by Engineering Education?, Jesse Levi Calloway
Thesis: Considerations for Introducing and Practicing Wellness in Harp Pedagogy and Performance, Alexandra Haile Calvert
Dissertation: Applying Reflection and Self-Assessment Practices to Integrative STEM Lessons: A Design-Based Research Study to Develop an Instrument for Elementary Practitioners, Diana V. Cantu
Dissertation: An Examination of Supervisory Working Alliance, Supervisee Demographics, and Delivery Methods in Synchronous Distance Supervision, Robert Milton Carlisle III
Dissertation: Effect of Psychological Capital on Elementary Teacher Stress and Workplace Affect, Scott Stephen Casad
Dissertation: Educational Practices and Attainment of Competency in the Professional Preparation of an Athletic Trainer, Julie M. Cavallario
Thesis: Synthesis, Characterisation, Electrochemical, and Spectroscopic Studies of Cobaloximes: Unique Clues of Cobalt(I) Species in Various Solvents, Michael John Celestine
Dissertation: Characterization and Decoding of Speech Representations From the Electrocorticogram, Shreya Chakrabarti
Dissertation: De Novo Protein Structure Modeling and Energy Function Design, Lin Chen
Dissertation: Wavelet Collocation Method for Hammerstein Integral Equations of High Dimension, Xingwang Chen
Dissertation: Enhancing Apprentice Training Through Supervision of Work Experience, J. Scott Christman
Dissertation: Embodied Literate Practices of Freshman Women Students: A Phenomenology of Students in First-Year Composition, Carmen Lynn Christopher
Thesis: Effects of the JAQBLOQ Forearm and Straight Arm Plank on Core Muscle Activation, Jacquelyn R. Clark
Dissertation: Relationships Among Student Identity Development, Sense of Community, and Academic Adjustment in Community College Distance Learners, Lorrie Coe-Meade
Dissertation: Investigation Into Protein Folding and Misfolding, Jason Charles Collins
Dissertation: Assessing a College Readiness Model for an Independent Residential School, Natalia Dorovskaya Collins
Dissertation: Questions as a Generative Strategy for Knowledge Transfer and Problem Solving, Brett Howard Cook-Snell
Dissertation: Polychlorinated Biphenyl Source Identification in Fish Tissue Using a Multivariate Statistical Evaluation of Congeners and Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, William Edward Corl III
Thesis: The Perception and Employability of Dental Hygienists with Visible Tattoos, Christina Lynn Cox
Dissertation: U.S. Military Aid and the Role of Foreign Armies in Civil Politics, Jennifer Jones Cunningham
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Investigation of Counselors' Perceived Degree of Preparedness When Working with Suicidal Clients, Heather Danielle Dahl
Dissertation: A Vector Channel Based Approach to MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Extended Targets, Amanda Joan Angell Daniel
Dissertation: High Performance Large Graph Analytics by Enhancing Locality, Naga Shailaja Dasari
Thesis: Adsorption-Style Activated-Sludge Is It a Practical Treatment Process in North America?, Jon DeArmond
Dissertation: Motivation, Persistence, and Achievement in Community College Asynchronous Online Courses, Rachel Michelle Desmarais
Dissertation: Removing the Rust: Comparative Post-Industrial Revitalization in Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh, Scott Nicholas Duryea
Dissertation: Nano Scale Mechanical Analysis of Biomaterials Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Diganta Dutta
Thesis: Plasma Activated Air Mediates Gene Transfer, Chelsea M. Edelblute
Thesis: Multiple Point Constraint (MPC)-Based Variable Node Super-Element, Mohamad Eftekharjoo
Dissertation: Exploring the Neuropeptides, Neuropeptide Receptors and Neurotransmitter Receptors in the Synganglia of Part-Fed Females of Ornithodoros turicata (Argasidae) and Ixodes scapularis (Ixodidae) with Insights Into Their Roles in Contrasting Biology, Noble I. Egekwu
Dissertation: "The Magic Formula: Scent and Brand"- The Influence of Olfactory Sensory Co-Branding on Consumer Evaluations and Experiences, Ceren Ekebas
Dissertation: Relationship Between State Educational Fiscal Effort and State Juvenile Incarceration Rates, Jessica McGrath Ellison
Dissertation: Governing Bodies: Caster Semenya and the Rhetorical Management of Sex and Gender Ambiguity in Professional Athletics, Samuel Robert Evans
Thesis: The Strength of Social Bonds in Preventing at Risk Youth from Engaging in Delinquent and Law Violating Behavior, Christopher A. Falcone
Thesis: Relationship Decision-Making as a Mediator between Regret, Autonomy, and Two Forms of Relationship Commitment: Dedication and Constraint, Ashley Fehr
Dissertation: Effect of an Adaptive Thinking Training Methodology on Critical Thinking Disposition Using Human Patient Simulators: A Catalyst for Preparing Advanced Nursing Students, Robert Joseph Fitkin Jr.